On Fri, Dec 14, 2007 at 09:59:39PM -0800, Dave Crocker wrote: > > You are confusing delivery notices with post-delivery notices. > > d/ > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 09:49:58 PST, Dave Crocker said: > >>In some environments, it is deemed more important for an original author > >>to know that there message did not get fully delivered, than to notify > >>the list admin of the problem. > > > >It of course makes sense that the original author be notified if the > >message > >never made it as far as the list. If, however, it is deemed important that > >the author be notified of failure to be delivered to *the end user*, the > >proper > >tool in this case is: > > > >3798 Message Disposition Notification. T. Hansen, Ed., G. Vaudreuil, > > Ed.. May 2004. (Format: TXT=64049 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC2298) (Updates > > RFC3461, RFC2046) (Status: DRAFT STANDARD)
*iff* you consider the message not delivered when it arrives at the list host.
